Definition of George Stephenson

1. Noun. English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848).

Exact synonyms: Stephenson
Generic synonyms: Businessman, Man Of Affairs

Lexicographical Neighbors of George Stephenson

George Marshall
George Mason
George Meany
George Meredith
George Michael Cohan
George Orson Welles
George Orwell
George Otto Trevelyan
George Paget Thomson
George Percy Aldridge Grainger
George Pitt
George S. Kaufman
George Sand
George Segal
George Simon Kaufman
George Stephenson (current term)
George Stevens
George Szell
George Town
George V
George VI
George Vancouver
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush
George Washington
George Washington Bridge
George Washington Carver
George Washington Goethals
George Wells Beadle
George Westinghouse

Literary usage of George Stephenson

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1. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1909)
"... in his story of the Life of George Stephenson, gives the following account of ... by George Stephenson himself, headed the procession; then followed the ..."

2. Friends Intelligencer by Friends Intelligencer Association (1858)
"George Stephenson, according to the " rech- ester" in the family Bible of his ... George Stephenson behind him on a pillion. They had a magnificent escort ..."

3. Lives of the Engineers, with an Account of Their Principal Works: Comprising by Samuel Smiles (1862)
"... the former by means of turnpike roads, and the latter by means of railways. George Stephenson surveyed a line from Chester to Holyhead in ..."

4. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1874)
"... of Belgium—The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway—Early opposition to the Railway system—The Locomotive Engine—George Stephenson—His sou ..."

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